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GOMBINBD COTTON GHUPPBR AND GULTLNLAToRl No. 263,425.

Patented-Aug 29, 1882.

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ELIJAH NORTHGUTT, OF AOWORTH, GEORGIA.

COIVIBINED COTTON CHOPPER AND CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,425, dated August 29, 1882.

Application filed J une 2, 1882.

.To alltvhom fit may concern Be it known that I, E. H. NoRTHoUTtr, of Acworth, in the county of Cobb and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and usefull Improvements in Combined Ootton Choppers and Cultivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ot' the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to lthe accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to combined cotton choppers and cultivators, and has for its object to provide a simple, durable, inexpensive, and efiicient machine. To this end it consists in certain improvements in the construction and operation of the same.

In the drawings, Figure lis a perspective view; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal sectional View; Fig. 3, a front end view; Fig. 4, acrosssection on the line a', Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a like view on the line y y, Fig. 2.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A A designate the longitudinal side beams or bars of the frame, which are connected by crossbeams B B' forward and cross-beams C O' in the rear, a considerable space being left between the different cross-beams, as shown.

D D are two upright standards, mounted ou side pieces, A A, at their rear ends, and connected by a cross-piece, E. F F are the handles supported by said standards.-

The cross-pieces B B' are each provided near their ends with longitudinal slots G G and G G', respectively, in which are adjusted the ends of two parallel longitudinal plow or cultivator beams, H H, by means of pins or bolts I, passing down through one of the series of perforations J in the bea-ms B B' and through the ends ot the beams H H. Thus by adjusting said pins or bolts the beams H are laterally adjustable in the slots G and G'.

K K are cultivators, secured on the laterally-adjustable beams H H, adjoining the inner side of which are clod fenders or breakers vL L, the shank or tangs M of which project forwardly and upwardly through eyes N on beams H H, in which they are vertically ad- 5o justable by means of a suitable tightening-nut,

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beams H H, its ends Q Q passing through slots in the latter, and having secured at its center the draft-bar R.

S is the main axle of the machine, carrying the drive-wheels T T, xed thereon, and having bearings U Uin side pieces, A A, and passing through beams H H. On the rotary axle is xed a bevel-gear wheel, V, engaging a bevelpinion, W, on the end ot' a longitudinal chopper-shaft, X, having bearings Y Y in beams B and C.

Y' is a block fixed ou shaft X between beams B and O, provided with perforations Z, through which pass the shanks or tangs A' ofthe hoes or cutters D', to render the latter radially adjustable in said perl'orations by set-screws E'.

The beams C C', at the rear end, have slots F' F' G2 G2, respectively, to accommodate the ends of laterally-adjustable parallel beams H H', carrying cultivators I' I', and having adjusting pins or bolts J, working in perforations K', all being substantially the same as the arrangement of beams B B', except that the cultivators I' are held adjusted in a plane outside of the plane of the cultivators K.

The operation and advantages ot' my invention Will be readily understood. Motion is communicated from the main rotary axle to drive the choppershaft. As the machine advances the forwardgcnltivators straddle the row of cotton, while the rear cultivators, which are wider apart, follow after the cotton has been chopped and bank up the earth to form the hills. Under some circumstances the latter cultivators may be dispensed with.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a cotton-chopper, thecombination ofthe cross-beams B B' of the frame, having slots G G andG' G', respectively, the longitudinal parallel beams H H, having their ends adjustable laterally in said slots, and carrying the cultivators and rearwardly-exten ding fenders, and draft-bar R, having cross-bar P at its rear end, the ends of which pass through openings in beams H H, to brace and guide the same in lateral adjustment, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as IOO my own I have hereto affixed my signature in l 

